Recent content by tnoy66

Hi folks :) I'm due to pick up a new MINI Cooper S at the weekend :D or Monday :( :D I'll then be fitting a pair of bonnet (hood :rolleyes: ) stripes to it. So the question is, what should I do to prep the surface first before applying the vinyl stripes :confused: I'm thinking it will...

Hello to anybody who remembers me :) I'm getting a new car next Feb and I'm thinking about a custom leather retrim. The colour I'm planning is either an off-white or cream. I have a simple question, how difficult are these colours to maintain and keep clean :confused: It will be a...

It's come to that time of year when my car insurance is due for renewal. I spent ages last year shopping for the best deal, and the "Quote me Happy" gang came up with a great price of £538 (approx USD $956), far better than any other company. So a couple of days ago my renewal arrived and...

A quick question for all you experienced PC guys........ .......as you increase the speed, is it nice and gradual or is there a sudden jump as you hit number 6?? Mine increases nice and gradual until number 5 and then as I turn it onto 6, the noise, vibration and speed increase dramatically.

It's been over a week since I last washed and applied another layer of P21S wax on my car. So with all the pollen flying around it was overdue a wash. So I got up early today did the wheels first and then washed the rest of the car. Sheeted most of the water off and then went to get 2 of my...

I spotted an Eagle One truck the other day, does anybody know which UK stores stock it?? More out of curiosity than anything else at the moment :nixweiss

After spending Easter on my car http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=344160#post344160 I then decided to dump lots of old wood from my garage, unfortunately I dragged some of it over my rear bumper and scratched it :mad:

Hey guys, here's a few pics of my car from my recent detail (Easter Monday). I want to thank everyone here for all the tips and advice provided since I joined here and a big thankyou to JGV :bow for sending me a sample of a 3M finishing glaze which I have finally got round to using...

When I joined here last year I placed my first order of 'luxury' detailing goodies with autopia. Among that order was the Sonax shampoo. I then found it could be bought in the UK. So today I headed for the nearest Vauxhall garage to replenish my stock. I picked up 2 new 500ml bottles...

Sorry for this guys, another MF washing question. Having read the Bettercarcare article on MF's it threw up a contradiction. Having read that, I then looked in a brochure from AG in Australia who recomend the following for MF care, Hot or cold, or is the 60-90 degrees considered warm...

Many of you will know I recently imported a few gallon containers of QEW into the UK for some of us autopians over here. As I wanted to make sure I was measuring things correctly, I converted the US measurements into litres (L) and millilitres (ML). It worked out at 30ML into 3.8L of water...

Well Meguiars in the UK have finally woken up and announced prices and approx availability. http://www.meguiars.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gen;action=display;num=1075319380 wonder who bmwman is ;)

I was wondering what ratio of car wash per water you all use, number of oz's per gallon or millilitres per litre??? Do you follow what it says on the bottle or just drop some in a bucket ??? At the moment I'm using the sonax which says 50ml in 10 litres, which is only 10 washes per bottle...

6.30 yesterday morning I set off for work and car tries to head for curb, I correct it and it does it again. So I stop and find my front left tyre's completely flat. Back home and swap the wheel. Today I go to get it fixed. Show guy where it is and he says nope that needs a new tyre. Hole is...

Being a :brit and finding that a lot of stuff is in the :usa I have now decided that if I do need something from a different country, I will post that I am about to order from place XYZ. That way if others from :brit want to order from the same place we can share the international shipping...